Juno is a total natural😍 still going through holiday photos so there’s still more to come! We are going to get her fitted for a @perfectfitharness tomorrow! She’s starting to really not like having her current harness put over her head and I think it’s effecting her more than just not liking it. Hopefully a different fitting harness will help her in more ways and make her feel more comfortable. 🐶

Aw I know ghosties, I’m sad too! Can’t believe it’s all coming to an end and today is the final time to see Oor Legends 😭 head along to @owbigbuckettrail farewell at Marischal College and have a good nosey to make sure you’ve spotted all his hidden characters, like Wee Annie and her spooky pals from @marykingsclose 👻 and say goodbye to my wee man! Can’t wait to see how many pennies he raises for @thearchiefoundation at auction on Tuesday 😯

Happy birthday to my beautiful wife @ysabellegs ! Can't believe how old we are both getting now, but couldn't think of a better person to be growing older with! (Sorry for the cheese). It's also our 7 year anniversary of being together tomorrow and I literally couldn't feel luckier. Best 7 years of my life without question. Here's to another 70! ❤️

We’ve had quite a week.... you might have seen on our stories that our Steadings have been in the ‘Top 20 best reviewed holiday homes in the UK & Abroad’ by @coolstays customers .... and in addition to that we have now been selected as @airbnb.plus properties which has been a rigorous journey! So we opened a bottle last night 🍾🥂 and did some crazy dancing around our kitchen to celebrate.... thank you @johnny_burnett_photography for this photo of ‘The Bothy’ living room. Link in bio to check availability #coolstays#airbnbplus#northberwick

// Today is our last day in Scotland for the trip. I'm feeling a little sad as Scotland has been friendly, stunning, magical and full of wonderful experiences and I hate to be leaving that. I might just move here one day because it's become my favourite place. If you haven't visited it yet put it on your travel bucket list, especially the inner Hebrides.//

Happy weekend everyone! 😊
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Yesterday I was back in Stonehaven visiting a historic site I hadn’t been to before!
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This is the ruin of Cowie Chapel - it sits on a cliff on the outskirts of town, overlooking the North Sea! It’s also known as the Chapel of St. Mary and St. Nathalan.
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St. Nathalan was a local saint who is said to have built the first small chapel on this site during the 7th-century; hence, why the chapel was originally dedicated to him.
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In fact, according to legend, Nathalan owned a substantial treasure! And when he died, this treasure was supposedly wrapped in a bull’s hide and buried somewhere between the churchyard and a nearby burn. An old local rhyme summarises this tale pretty well - “Atween the kirk and the kirk ford, There lies Saint Nachlan's hoard.”
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The present chapel was built in the 13th-century and re-dedicated to St. Mary; it was then modified and enlarged in the late 15th-century. Some very important people in medieval Scotland were said to have worshipped here when in the northeast - most notably, King James IV used this chapel a number of times and even made several donations towards it!
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Following the Scottish Reformation (1560), the chapel was suppressed and gradually fell into ruin thereafter. However the churchyard and continued to be used for burials in the centuries to come, and a turf-covered vaulted mort house was even added in the 1830s.
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Pics worth explaining:
Pic 4 is of the remains of the 19th-century mort house I referred to earlier.
Pic 5 shows the ‘priest’s door’, which is original from the 13th-century.
And pic 7 let’s you see a surviving aumbry (cupboard) which is built into the wall and was used for storing the sacred vessels used in Mass.
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Magic is a large part of Scottish folklore, and here at St. Bernard’s well magic is a part of this place’s history. Known for its healing waters, years ago it was thought to cure countless ills. Maybe it was really magical waters that cured sickness or the power of the mind. With that being said, maybe our minds create magic? What do you think?